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The first regatta of the season is not even a week ago. Despite the fairly moderate conditions, the sailors all in all enjoyed a successful start of season at the Circolo Velico Lago di Lugano. If you wish to catch some impressions of the event, please take a look at the beautiful short movie of the Alpen Cup 2015.

Team «Ottocinque» already win this year's first Esse 850-Trophy at the first event of the Esse 850 IC Cup 2015. Today, there was once more not enough wind for the fleet to go out. This means that yesterday's ranking automatically becomes the final ranking of the Alpen Cup 2015.

The northern breeze did not push through, but the one from south did. At around about 3pm, the wind was steady enough to start the first race of the season, which was won by the SUI 156 with Daniel Schroff. After 4 races of the day though, the SUI 156 did not manage to stay in the lead.

At 1pm, all teams attended the skipper's meeting on the terrace of the beautiful clubhouse at the Circolo Velico Lago di Lugano. The race officer, namely Peter Schmidle, made clear from the get-go that it should be difficult to race today, as weather predictions did not promise any wind at all. Well, Schmidle was right.

The long-awaited start of the racing season has finally arrived. Tomorrow, 19 teams from Switzerland, Italy and Germany will line up on Lake Lugano for the first race of the Esse 850 IC Cup 2015. Everything is set at the Circolo Velico Lago di Lugano and many teams are already on site to get prepared for this exciting regatta.